#66 AI mini-series - Part 1 - What is AI and what are its harms?

This is the first episode in a short series about AI. After months of frenzied activity and dialogue, the AI conversation seems to be consolidating around some common questions, including: What is AI exactly? What are the harms it can cause? How should businesses govern their use of AI? What should policymakers and governments do? What's the public perspective and how is that being shaped? And there seems to also be some consolidation of opinions in response to those questions. In this series, we'll explore those questions and the emerging consensus. In this episode, we tackle the first two of those questions - What is AI and what are its harms?   Links: Article about US Lawyer who used ChatGPT facing penalties for made up citations (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/nyregion/lawyer-chatgpt-sanctions.html UTS HTI: The State of AI Governance in Australia https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/HTI%20The%20State%20of%20AI%20Governance%20in%20Australia%20-%2031%20May%202023.pdf Government releases AI discussion papers (InnovationAus https://www.innovationaus.com/ed-husic-releases-discussion-papers-on-ai-regulation/ Generative AI: Language models and multimodal foundation models https://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Rapid%20Response%20Information%20Report%20-%20Generative%20AI.pdf Article about AI "extinction risk" (TechCrunch)https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/ai-extiction-risk-statement/   Credits: Music by Bensound.com